This is the second in a series of profiles Billboard Insider is running on out of home fabricators.  Last week we featured Formetco Structures.  Today we feature Productivity Fabricators.

Company:  Productivity Fabricators

Headquarters: Indiana

Phone: 1-800-428-6999

Email: jonodom@cyberprofab.com

Productivity Fabricators is a private family owned and operated billboard structure fabricator with a 40,000 square foot plant in Richmond, Indiana.  Billboard Insider talked President Jon Odom.

How did you get into the out of home business?

I always knew I wouldn’t be happy unless I was making something.  I worked for a machine tool builder after getting my engineering degree from Purdue.  One of the companies I worked for after that wanted to sell its sign manufacturing business in 1994 so I bought it and changed the name to ProFab.

What trends are you seeing in new structures

Almost all the new structures we design and build are digital ready.  They are built to accept digital units in the future, if not when built.  some of the digital units are taller than they are wide, i.e. 30′ tall x 20′ wide.

What sort of wind loads are clients building to?

The minimal wind load is 105 mph these days, with the coastal areas going all the way up to 175 mph in southern Florida

What’s an interesting or challenging build you’ve done?

We built this structure to look like an oil derrick that was placed into an oil storage field….

We also built two structures to look like navigational buoys. They were placed in a port city on Lake Huron….

The “ normal” size billboards we “dress up” with pole covers, curved end caps, & etc…

If someone wants a quote on structures who should they call?

If anyone wants a quote they can email me (jonodom@cyberprofab.com) to start.

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